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Following the announcement of its financial results early today, Activision has revealed that many of its top franchises, including Guitar Hero and Transformers, are heading to Nintendo Wii and DS.Spong reports that the publisher has vowed to significantly increase its support for both Wii and DS throughout its next financial year, with Activision president Mike Griffith confirming the following in a conference call:

“In fiscal 2008 we will double our offerings on the DS and the Wii, including Spider-Man, Shrek, Transformers, and Guitar Hero. The key difference in our strategy versus the prior cycle is that in addition to full support on Sony and Microsoft platforms, we will aggressively target the Nintendo platforms consistent with our multi-platform strategy and Nintendo’s expected growth.”

Whilst the arrival of Spider-Man, Transformers and Shrek is good news for Nintendo owners, it’s the mention of Guitar Hero that sparks the imagination.

Whether the Wii version would use Nintendo’s remote or a guitar controller like the existing PS2 iteration is yet to be seen, whilst the possibilities for the DS version are obvious.

Yay!
Though, I think some of thew awesomeness of Guitar Hero will be lost in the DS version, simply because yo aren't physically hitting notes and strumming...Unless they offer an attachable controller, which would be really odd. And small.

It won't be by the original developers though. They have stated that they are done with the Guitar Hero franchise and are moving onto a new game in a different franchise. They have given the rights to Activision who have already registered the names Guitar Villian and Drum Hero.

Oh wow, the guy really sucks at that.... then again, the idea of playing Guitar Heroes that way really looks nice. Also I'm hoping that they have the option to let you upload your own songs via the SD card (although I can't see that happening). About the DS, I'm guessing it's probably going to be just the same... only you tap the buttons when they come towards you.